Flewtish

Flewtish
Flũtwa / Флӯтѡа
Pronunciation	[ˈɸluːtwa]
Created by	Aggelos Tselios
Date	2023
Native to	Russia, Finland
Native speakers	approx. 1 million (2023)
Language family	Language Isolate Flewtish
Writing systems
Official status
Official language in	Karelian Republic
Regulated by	Institutgog Standardzabirokid Flutvas Glung (Institute of Standardization of the Flewtish Language)

Flewtish (endonym: Флӯтѡа [ˈɸluːtwa] or Флӯтѡас глӯн [ˈɸluːtwas ɡluːŋ]) is a language spoken by the majority of the population in much of Northwest Russia and the Karelia region. Flewtish is a language isolate, meaning it does not genetically relate to any other known language on the planet.

Flewtish is typologically agglutinative, using almost exclusively suffixal affixation to indicate number, tense, person and case. Flewtish is partially a null-subject language, depending on whether the subject can be implicitly indicated with certainty or not. Due to the sprachbund effect, Flewtish is an SVO language, but more archaic dialects are actually SOV ones. It is a biscriptal language, using both the Latin and Cyrillic scripts to be written. An important aspect of the language is differentiating between labialized and non-labialized consonants (Referred in Flewtish as "rounded" and "unrounded") see eg. [ˈkʷáɣ.ok] "Warmth" and [ˈkáɣ.ok] "Deer".

While standardized, the language spans over a massive geographical area and as a result, forms a dialect continuum with the most extreme corners (from east Finland to w:Ukhta being completely unintelligible to each other. One example could be the simple sentence "My favorite pets are cats". Following are the two examples in the dialects spoken in Ukhta and Arkhangelsk respectively:

1. Мўлъ гԝoшў чуннoк мау (Favorite-NOM me-CAU pet-PL cat)
2. Ӻакныгԝoдон цўнъук маук (Favorite-me-GEN pet-PL cat-PL)

Etymology and history

Flũtṽa is an evolution of Proto-Flewtish *ɸlydʰa, meaning "Blooming" or "Saturated". The reason for this name is that the regions that Flewtish speakers settled were far more greener and developed than their previous homeland. Flewtish is possibly a Paleo-siberian language that through migration reached it's current territory. This can be further supported by similarities with the Yeniseian languages, like having a pitch accent, vowel harmony and vowel length distinction.

Flewtish, from it's early years, was influenced by Mongolic, Turkic and later Indo-European and Uralic languages. The most obvious example would be the large amount of Finnic loanwords into Flewtish (eg. Кӣлъиту "to converse") but even titles from the Flewtish Kingdom such as "Gǎngÿán /ʔgâŋʸán/" (Leader, possibly related to Khagan), "Tãngwrǐ /ʔtæ̃ŋʷɾiː/" (Same origin as Tengri) and "Ndarhwan " (Local ruler, possibly related to Tarkhan). On the Indo-European side, the word "цӧѡўӻўг /ˈt͡sø.wy.ɣyg/" (Sheep) is probably borrowed from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂ówis.

Orthography

Flewtish is officially written with the Cyrillic script as law enforces it in Russia. However, up until the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, the language was actually written with the Latin script, which was brought over by Viking sailors. The Latin script is used mostly online and education is done almost exclusively in the Cyrillic-based alphabet instead.

Cyrillic Script for Flewtish
Аа /a/	Бб /b/	Вв /v/	Гг /g/	Ғғ /ɣ/	Дд /d/	Ðð /ð/	Ее /e/	Зз /z/	Ии /i/	Ыы /ɨ/	Ўў /y/	Кк /k/	Лл /l/	Мм /m/	Нн /n/	Оо /o/	Пп /p/	Рр /ʁ/	Тт /t/	Сс /s/	Уу /u/	Фф /ɸ/	Ъъ (ʷ)	Хх /ç/	Цц /t͡s/	Чч /t͡ʃ/	Шш /ʃ/	Ѡѡ /w/

Latin Script for Flewtish
Aa /a/	Bb /b/	Cc /t͡s/	Dd /d/	Đð /ð/	Ee /e/	Ff /ɸ/	Gg /g/	Hh /ç/	Ii /i/	Yy /ɨ/	Jj /ɣ/	Kk /k/	Ll /l/	Mm /m/	Nn /n/	Oo /o/	Pp /p/	Rr /ʁ/	Ss /s/	Tt /t/	Uu /u/	Üü /y/	Vv /v/	Ww /w/	Xx /ʒ/	Zz /z/

In the beginning of words, 'c' will make the /k/ sound instead.

The letters correspond always to their pronunciation. The orthography is considered a phonetic, as opposed to deep orthographies like French's.

Grammar

Pronouns

Flewtish contains the usual three pronouns, with a distinction on the third person pronouns for female and male. Flewtish does not use standalone pronouns often, resorting instead to suffixes on the root verb.

Pronouns in Flewtish

English	Flewtish
I	Гѡо
You	Жи
He/she/it	То/Шо/Ў
We	Гѡоне
You (pl.)	Жине
They	Увок

Cases

Flewtish has 10 cases, most of which correspond to English prepositions. Far northern dialect contain an additional two.

Cases in Flewtish

Case	Affix	Example	English Approximation	Notes
Nominative	(None)	Dõmma	House	-
Genitive	-den	Dõmmaden	Of the house	-
Accusative	-n	Dõmman	The house	The accusative is formed when an action is done upon the object.
Vocative	-e	(Ē) Dõmmae	(Hey) house!	Dialectal only, conflicts with suffix -e (Similar to English 'the')
Adessive	-pṽo	Dõmmapwo	At the house	Dialectal only, usually fused with the inessive
Inessive	-seg	Dõmmaseg	In the house	Also exists as e-root-sek
Ablative	-sce	Dõmmasce	From the house	-
Essive	-l	Ēne Dõmmal	As a house	Rare, now usually the Russian borrowing 'как' is used.
Translative	-sej	Dõmmasej	(Transformed) into a house
Instrumental	-om	Dõmmaom	With a house	If it conflicts with the accusative, then it becomes -on
Causal-Final	-scü	Dommascü	For the house	-
Negation	-n + -nde	Gende ndommande	Not a house	Not a case exactly, also mostly dialectal by now.

Basic Vocabulary

Numbers

Numbers from 0-10 in Flewtish

Number	English	Flewtish
0	Zero	Ěndul/Ендъул
1	One	Fál/Фал
2	Two	Āy/Ааы
3	Three	Rǎx/Ръаж
4	Four	Vũðes/‌Въуðесъ
5	Five	Jog/Ӻог
6	Six	Gáwo/Гаѡо
7	Seven	Tájek/Таӻек
8	Eight	Xü/Жў
9	Nine	Nãkk/Наак
10	Ten	Cárposct/Къарпошт

Conversation

English	Flewtish	IPA
Yes	Ген	[ɡɛn]
No	Генде	[ˈɡɛn.dɛ]
Hello!	Шыԝегс	[ˈʃɨwœɡs]
Good morning!	Ӻуг харѡаг!	[ɣuːɡ ˈçaʁwaɡ]
Good night!	Ӻуг микѡуг!	[ɣuːɡ ˈmikwuɡ]
Have a nice day!	Ка̄рѡазу ӻуг цо̄ӻет!	[kaːʁ.wazu ɣuːɡ t͡soːɣɛt]
Goodbye!	Нъикѡогъ	[ˈnʷikwoɡʷ]
Thank you!	Шпре̄нъвугъ	[ʃpʁɛːnʷ.βyɡʷ]
Who?	Ӣва?	[iː.va/]
What?	Жар?	[ʒaʁ]
When?	Енѡо?	[ˈenwo]
Where?	Гѡа?	[ɡwa]
How?	Ѡерцог?	[wɐʁt͡soɡ]
Why	Пе̄ккет?	[peːket]
Again	Вӯӻъ	[vuːʝʷ]
What is your name?	Жар ѡа̄рпагзу?	[ʒaʁ waːʁpaɡzu]
My name is...	Ԝа̄рпагѡо ...	[ˈwaː.ʁpaˌɡwo]
Do you speak English?	'	//
I do not understand Flewtish.	Генде ситалъгѡо Флӯтѡас глунг.	[ˈgɛn.dɐ ˈsi.taˌlʷo ˈɸluːtwas gluŋ]
Help me!	Памагъитегѡо!	[pa.ma.ˈgʷɪ.tɐˌgwo]
How much is it?	Ѡерга̄рѡазўме?	[wɐʁɡaːʁwa.ˈzy.me]
Where are you from?	Gṽǎzugyṽos?	//

Sample text

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

English: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Flewtish (Cyrillic): Ко ѡиже ӻенваца̄кту свабодаек е ӻўфишиек сансег е праѡасег. Одарендутӯ кеѡогом е соѡешом, е жеценту фалсегфал ѡенцисег заккарамтун.

The lion and the boar (Aisop)

English:

On a summer day, when the great heat induced a general thirst, a Lion and a Boar came at the same moment to a small well to drink. They fiercely disputed which of them should drink first, and were soon engaged in the agonies of a mortal combat. On their stopping on a sudden to take breath for the fiercer renewal of the strife, they saw some Vultures waiting in the distance to feast on the one which should fall first. They at once made up their quarrel, saying: "It is better for us to make friends, than to become the food of Crows or Vultures, as will certainly happen if we are disabled."

Flewtish:

Фáл халтацоджетсег, енѡо великаӻа джикъаӻок едъӯт гéникег тиðа, фáл лев е фáл кǎбан стажантуӻа кизысъег калаðéци кũнгатуӻа. Ӻавлъегатся пãтоми htǒк ýпатuja фāлег калаðéци, э лу́нда htúкʷатуя а́гонижоксег фáл смéртелниг пу́па. Конте́гтукосег фáл сту́я сцйндаг клãмньо конфликтǎйс, тйндакуцейоктуя ки́ттетуни лãдоту фáлгисег htǒк патáппио. Шти́сегту бãлошта́ту, ки́литу: "Грóта гуи́д друго́к, ки́д гу́ва сцта́тла вури́сид мэ ву́лтурок, а́ндана вúд ри́кигу́йокив."